{"id":7514,"date":"2014-08-01T12:05:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T16:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gospelflava.com\/?p=7514"},"modified":"2014-08-01T12:05:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T16:05:58","slug":"gospel-giant-al-bishop-hobbs-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/gospel-giant-al-bishop-hobbs-passes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gospel Giant Al Bishop Hobbs Passes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Al<\/a>The Gospel Announcers Guild released a statement regarding the passing of Al Hobbs.<\/p>\n

It is with joy and sadness that we announce the home-going of our beloved GOSPEL INDUSTRY AFICIONADO, Dr. Al \u201cThe Bishop\u201d Hobbs. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Al “The Bishop” Hobbs was simply one of the most interesting personalities you\u2019re likely to ever cross paths with in this industry.\u00a0 Wearing as many hats as some specialty stores offer, Hobbs has earned the title of \u2018Bishop\u2019 with an empire to accompany it.\u00a0 He was responsible for the operation of two gospel record labels, and served as chairman of the Gospel Announcer\u2019s Guild and\u00a0 Vice-Chairman of the industry\u2019s leading organization \u2013 the Gospel Music Workshop Of America, Inc. (GMWA), under the leadership of Bishop Albert Jamison. <\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

A recording artist, announcer, meeting planner, event coordinator, and successful entrepreneur, he was born June 4, 1943 in Decatur, Alabama. \u00a0He is the father of Alex\u00a0Carrington Hobbs, Asha Gabrellia Hobbs, and Bridgett Hobbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Gospel Announcers Guild released a statement regarding the passing of Al Hobbs. It is with joy and sadness that we announce the home-going of our beloved GOSPEL INDUSTRY AFICIONADO, Dr. Al \u201cThe Bishop\u201d Hobbs. \u00a0 Al “The Bishop” Hobbs was simply one of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,42,31],"tags":[2277,2278,1621,34,2279],"class_list":["post-7514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist-news-and-updates","category-conferences","category-life-status-births-and-obituaries","tag-al-hobbs","tag-aleho","tag-gag","tag-gmwa","tag-indianapolis"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7559,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/neily-dickerson-tributes-al-hobbs\/","url_meta":{"origin":7514,"position":0},"title":"Neily Dickerson Tributes Al Hobbs","author":"Melanie Pratt","date":"August 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Gospel Music Industry has lost another \u201cpillar!\u201d Al \"The Bishop\" Hobbs was a \u201cForce.\u201d As Chairman of the Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA), GMWA's ~ Gospel Announcer's Guild and owner of Aleho International Music, \u201cThe Bishop\u201d was an advocate for all who asked for his support. 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